Immerse Yourself in Fiction and Nonfiction Books

3,500 years ago, in a town on the coast of modern-day northern Italy, a young woman named Nahla had a vision of Destroyers arriving at the town to kill everyone, and she begs the townspeople to flee. She is beaten by her mother, the Storyteller, and thrown out of the town by her father, the Chieftain, because they believe she is possessed. As Nahla waits in the forest for wolves to kill her, a young man known as Yoteff the Lucky is hurrying down the mountain to the safety of the town as the sun sets. They meet and Yoteff leaves his deer for the wolves and drags Nahla towards town. At the same time, boatloads of raiders arrive at the town to rape, pillage, and murder.

Yoteff saves 17 people and leads them into the mountains where they must survive the soon-coming winter without food and shelter. The leader of the raiders swears revenge and returns to hunt down the survivors.

This novel deals with survivor's guilt, grief, and resiliency after horrendous loss and overwhelming tragedy.